A high court in Awka has awarded the sum of N10 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force and the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Abutu Yaro, in charge of Zone 13 of the Nigeria Police headquartered in Awka, over the illegal detention of a businessman. Awka is the capital of Anambra, a state in Southeast Nigeria. The businessman said to be a real estate developer and identified as Chukwuemeka Ekwueme was said to have been illegally detained by the police, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka on Tuesday awarded N10 million as damages against the Nigeria Police Force and AIG Abutu Yaro, in charge of Zone 13 of the Nigeria Police.
An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka on Wednesday ordered the police to immediately release one Mr Chukwuemeka Ekwueme, a real estate developer detained at their Zone 13 Headquarters, Ukpo, Anambra, since Dec. 14.